Remediable Service Statement (RSS) information: FOI release

Information requested

1. How many ill health retierals RSS’s have been issued since the 1st April 2025.

2. How many staff at the SPPA are dealing with the RSS’s.

3. You have stated that one of the reason for delays was amendments to the HM treasury directions.

What were these amendments and when did the SPPA receive the amendments.

Response

1. RSS have been issued to 144 retired or retiring ill health members across our schemes including Police, Firefighters, NHS and Teachers since 1 April 2025.

2. 64 members of staff currently work on tasks related to RSS at least 50 per cent of their time.

3. The amendments to the Treasury Directions are: The Public Service Pensions (Exercise of Powers, Compensation and Information) (Amendment) Directions 2025.

These came into force on 30 April 2025: The Public Service Pensions Directions 2025

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